Reconstructing motherhood and disability in the age of perfect babies /

Reconstructing motherhood and disability in the age of perfect babies /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Landsman, Gail H., 1951-
Imprint:	New York : Routledge, 2009.
Description:	xii, 276 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Parents of children with disabilities. Mothers -- Psychology. Mothers -- Psychology. Parents of children with disabilities.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7413865

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ISBN:	9780415917889 0415917883 9780415917896 0415917891 9780203891902 0203891902
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-264) and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
2. Doing Everything Right: Choice, Control, and Mother-Blame
3. Diminished Motherhood
4. Mothers, Doctors, and Developmental Delays: On Denial, Personhood, and the Emplotment of Children's Lives
5. The Child as Giver: Mothers' Critique of the Commodification of Babies
6. On Mothering, Models, and Disability Rights
Epilogue: Personal Reflections
Appendix. Profiles of Interview Participants
Notes
Bibliography
Index